The following definitions are provided by the Missouri Prairie Foundation’s Grow Native! native plant marketing and education program, and Grow Native!’s Missouri Invasive Plant Task Force.
Native landscaping: Landscaping that features plants native to a specific region. Native landscaping can be implemented in a naturalized, random design mimicking prairie, forest, or other habitats, or by following a formal design. Native landscaping provides not only beauty and sense of place, but also benefits to butterflies, birds, and other cherished wildlife dependent on native plants as the basis of food chains.
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For resources on native plants to select for landscaping, “front yard formal” native garden designs, directory of suppliers of native plants, and other resources, visit www.grownative.org.